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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), was an French composer of Impressionist and Early 20th Century music.

Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 was completed in 1913.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era.

Symphony No. 6 was completed in 1893.

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a 20th Century Russian (Soviet) composer.

Shostakovich completed Symphony No. 5 in 1937.

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.

The suite ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ by Mussorgsky was completed as an orcyestral arrangement by Maurice Ravel in 1922.

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was a French composer of the Romantic period.

Roman Carnival Overture (Le carnaval romain, H 95) is one of the composer’s most frequently performed overtures and includes extensive exposed passages for the trombone section.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer of the Classical and Romantic periods.

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 is notable (particularly for trombone players) for being the first symphony to include trombones.

Gustav Mahler (1816-1911) was an Austrian composer whose musical styles spanned the Late Romantic and Early Modern periods.

Mahler completed Symphony No. 6 in 1904.